2. Verb. (third-person singular of daub) ¹
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Definition of Daubs
1. daub [v] - See also: daub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daubs
Literary usage of Daubs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"It was necessary for him to inherit and become rich, that be might be condemned
to see nothing but these frightful daubs. When he was poor, he looked at the ..."
2. The Fathers of New England: An Oration Delivered Before the New England by Horace Bushnell (1850)
"... and daubs of eulogy, as with nitre and much soap, and set them before you
shining in the consecrating oil of faith, before you can truly conceive them ..."
3. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"If a dull finish is required you can use gum traga- canth to dull it down.
daubs AND MIXING PAINTS FOR ENAMEL, PATENT AND FURNITURE LEATHER. ..."
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